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Rap music figure convicted in Las Vegas slaying - Added 4 weeks ago

A jury found a 37-year-old San Francisco rap music figure guilty in the slaying of a Kansas City rival in what authorities called a West Coast versus Midwest rap war. Andre "Mac Minister" Dow faces life in prison after...

Court tosses FCC 'wardrobe malfunction' fine - Added 4 weeks ago

Among the most notorious on-screen gaffes ever, Janet Jackson's breast-baring "wardrobe malfunction" on CBS during the 2004 Super Bowl halftime show drew a $550,000 indecency fine from the Federal Communications...

Ebert, Roeper cutting ties with `At the Movies' - Added 4 weeks ago

Roger Ebert is leaving the balcony _ but hinting that he's not finished with television. The famed film critic announced Monday that he is cutting ties with the nationally syndicated program he and the late critic Gene...

Radio host angers parents of autistic children - Added 4 weeks ago

Radio talk show host Michael Savage, who described 99 percent of children with autism as brats, said Monday he was trying to "boldly awaken" parents to his view that many people are being wrongly diagnosed. Some...

Man wins divorce from angry wife in YouTube video - Added 4 weeks ago

A Broadway mogul whose wife trashed him in a widely viewed Internet video was granted a divorce from her Monday. A Manhattan judge gave Philip Smith a divorce from Tricia Walsh-Smith on the grounds of cruel and inhuman...

Richards-Sheen custody battle returns to court - Added 4 weeks ago

Denise Richards went to court Monday seeking changes to a custody arrangement with ex-husband Charlie Sheen _ but didn't get everything she wanted. Richards and her attorney brought a video to Los Angeles Superior...

'Dark Knight' finishes with record $158.4 million - Added 4 weeks ago

Bruce Wayne just keeps getting richer. "The Dark Knight," the crime saga about vigilante Batman and his wealthy alter ego Wayne, debuted with a record $158.4 million, according to final weekend numbers Monday. That was...

The Jonas Brothers to perform at this year's VMAs - Added 4 weeks ago

The Jonas Brothers will perform at this year's Video Music Awards. It will be the wholesome pop group's first-ever appearance at the event, known for its decadence and eye-popping water cooler moments (many involving...

Talk-show host Tavis Smiley tackles Obama and race - Added 4 weeks ago

Tavis Smiley is all wound up. His voice is rough from too much vocalizing, but the host of public television's "Tavis Smiley" talk show and public radio's "The Tavis Smiley Show" is on an oratorical roll about race,...

`Greek' star arrested for alleged drunken driving - Added 4 weeks ago

Scott Michael Foster, star of ABC Family's frat-house series "Greek," has been released on $5,000 bail following his arrest in Hollywood for misdemeanor drunken driving. Police say the 23-year-old Foster, who plays...

Bill Murray to jump from plane at air & water show - Added 4 weeks ago

Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Bill Murray has agreed to parachute from a plane as part of a special appearance at the Chicago Air and Water Show next month. A spokeswoman for the Mayor's Office of Special...

Dark Knight's kind of town: Gotham City gets windy - Added 4 weeks ago

Christian Bale's Batman is perched atop a skyscraper, looking over a dark and foggy skyline pierced by glittering lights, preparing for a dive to the gritty streets below. But when he alights, he won't find the...

Amy Winehouse's husband gets 27 months in jail - Added 4 weeks ago

Amy Winehouse's husband was sentenced Monday to 27 months in jail for assault and obstructing justice. Blake Fielder-Civil has admitted beating up pub manager James King in a barroom fight in 2006 and then offering him...

Excerpts from `wardrobe malfunction' ruling case - Added 4 weeks ago

Excerpts from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision in CBS Corp. v. FCC: ___ "The Commission's conclusion on the nature and scope of its indecency regime _ including its fleeting material policy _ is at odds...

Lil Scrappy free on bond after weekend arrest - Added 4 weeks ago

Police say Atlanta rapper Lil Scrappy is out of jail after being arrested following a fight with his sister's boyfriend. The 24-year-old rapper, whose name is Darryl Richardson, was released on $1,500 bond from the...

Is media playing fair in campaign coverage? - Added 4 weeks ago

Television news' royalty will fly in to meet Barack Obama during this week's overseas trip: CBS chief anchor Katie Couric in Jordan on Tuesday, ABC's Charles Gibson in Israel on Wednesday and NBC's Brian Williams in...

Shannen Doherty back in `90210' 'hood this fall - Added 4 weeks ago

Brenda Walsh is all grown-up and returning to Beverly Hills, 90210, this fall. But cast members of the new CW spin-off, "90210," are speculating whether Shannen Doherty will be equally mature when she reprises her role...

Anderson: Reprising Scully character was 'odd' - Added 4 weeks ago

Gillian Anderson says getting back into Dana Scully's character for "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" was harder than she expected. "It was a little odd," Anderson told Newsweek for its July 21 issue. "It was more...

Game show `Deal' goes daily with big money, Mandel - Added 4 weeks ago

Howie Mandel, the models, the banker and the briefcases all will be in place when the syndicated version of "Deal or No Deal" premieres in September _ along with cash for viewers as well as contestants. Players on the...

`Dark Knight' sets weekend record with $155.34M - Added 4 weeks ago

Batman has sent Spidey packing as king of Hollywood's box-office superheroes. "The Dark Knight" took in a record $155.34 million in its first weekend, topping the previous best of $151.1 million for "Spider-Man 3" in...

Studio ad touts contract offer to actors guild - Added 4 weeks ago

A newspaper ad placed by Hollywood studios touts their contract offer to the Screen Actors Guild as a groundbreaking deal that mirrors those already accepted by other industry unions. Meanwhile, guild leaders pressed...

Anderson: Reprising Scully character was 'odd' - Added 4 weeks ago

Gillian Anderson says getting back into Dana Scully's character for "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" was harder than she expected. "It was a little odd," Anderson told Newsweek for its July 21 issue. "It was more...

Paris concert presses for Colombia hostage release - Added 4 weeks ago

Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt took the stage and shook her hips to a Colombian superstar's guitar riffs, leading the crowd in chants of "Freedom for all!" at a concert Sunday dedicated to captives held by Colombia's...

'Dark Knight' sets box office record with $66.4M - Added 4 weeks ago

Batman's joust with the Joker has set another box office record. Stoked by fan fever over the manic performance of the late Heath Ledger as the Joker, "The Dark Knight" set a one-day box office record with $66.4 million...

Shannen Doherty back in '90210' 'hood this fall - Added 4 weeks ago

Brenda Walsh is all grown-up and returning to Beverly Hills, 90210, this fall. But cast members of the new CW spin-off, "90210," are speculating whether Shannen Doherty will be equally mature when she reprises her role...

Shannen Doherty back in `90210' 'hood this fall - Added 4 weeks ago

Brenda Walsh is coming back to "Beverly Hills 90210," and she's arriving in style. Shannen Doherty will reprise her role as Walsh in CW's new version of the 1990-2000 series, with her character now a famous director...

Jolie and twins slip out of hospital in Nice - Added 4 weeks ago

Angelina Jolie has left the building. Oh, and so have the twins. Before dawn Saturday, the Hollywood superstar and her newborn twins left the French Riviera hospital where she gave birth a week ago, the hospital said in...

Sing us one last song at Shea, Piano Man - Added 4 weeks ago

Billy Joel bade a stirring farewell to Shea Stadium on Friday during an electrifying, sold-out final show at the same ballpark where the Beatles famously ushered in a new era in rock 'n' roll four decades ago. He was...

Troyer reaches settlement in sex tape lawsuit - Added 4 weeks ago

Actor Verne Troyer has settled a lawsuit he filed against a porn broker after the defendant agreed not distribute a sex tape depicting Troyer and a former girlfriend, court documents filed Friday show. Troyer filed a...

Spears' role as mom expands after epic meltdown - Added 4 weeks ago

Less than eight months after an epic meltdown that led to a court taking away her children, Britney Spears is reclaiming her role as a mother _ to the point where she may be with her boys nearly half the time. ...

Khloe Kardashian does hard time: 3 hours - Added 4 weeks ago

Khloe Kardashian's stay in jail Friday may have been brief, but it did include a bit of drama: a jailhouse lockdown. The reality TV starlet spent roughly three hours in a Los Angeles area jail for violating probation...

Ed McMahon sues hospital, others over neck injury - Added 4 weeks ago

Ed McMahon sued a hospital, two doctors and an investment tycoon Friday over a neck injury he has said has left him unable to work, a circumstance he has blamed for his recent money woes. The lawsuit seeks an...

Milo Ventimiglia discusses 'Heroes,' Mideast trip - Added 4 weeks ago

"Iron Man" isn't the only superhero to visit the Middle East this summer. Milo Ventimiglia, who plays power-absorbing Peter Petrelli on NBC's "Heroes," traveled to the region last week as part of a USO tour of U.S....

Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90 - Added 4 weeks ago

Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90. Stafford died of congestive heart failure...

DMC undergoing surgery to remove blood clots - Added 4 weeks ago

Darryl "DMC" McDaniels of the legendary rap group Run-DMC was scheduled to undergo surgery at a New Jersey hospital Friday to remove two major blood clots in his left arm. McDaniels, 44, had been suffering from pain...

Coroner: Kallenbach died of natural causes - Added 4 weeks ago

Comedian Kenneth Keith Kallenbach, a long-running member of Howard Stern's "Wack Pack," died of complications from cystic fibrosis, a medical examiner ruled Friday. He died April 24 at age 39 at a hospital near...

Couric's anchor job safe, her CBS News boss says - Added 4 weeks ago

Job insecurity may be widespread in the media but Katie Couric still has no need to worry, her boss says. Rumors that Couric will be replaced on the "CBS Evening News" after the presidential election or inauguration...

Vereen hosts fundraiser for $32M brain center - Added 4 weeks ago

Because of his own injuries, Ben Vereen seems like a natural to highlight a fundraiser for an institute that researches brain damage, but it took an introduction from the woman who walks his dog to make it happen. ...

Ledger's compelling Joker thrills, saddens fans - Added 4 weeks ago

As Chris Finegan watched Heath Ledger's stunning portrayal of the Joker on Friday in "The Dark Knight," he couldn't help but think of another actor who wasn't on the screen: James Dean, who also died prematurely and...

Atlanta's National Black Arts Festival turns 20 - Added 4 weeks ago

Stephanie Hughley's 12th floor office at the new headquarters of the National Black Arts Festival has a stunning view of Atlanta, including the city's cultural standard: the High Museum of Art. The vantage point...

Salma Hayek, Pinault call off their engagement - Added 4 weeks ago

Salma Hayek has called off her engagement to businessman Francois-Henri Pinault, her representative said Friday. The couple announced their plans to wed in March 2007, and welcomed a daughter, Valentina Paloma Pinault,...

Exhibit illustrates advances in prefab home design - Added 4 weeks ago

Prefabricated houses don't have to be ticky-tacky. Contemporary prefab homes now possess all the flair and durability of traditional housing. Computerized designs and innovative materials are behind this architectural...

`Desperate Housewives' creator says end in sight - Added 4 weeks ago

The women of Wisteria Lane may have only a few more years to resolve their assorted problems. "Desperate Housewives" creator and executive producer Marc Cherry told a meeting of the Television Critics Association on...

Songwriter Hank Cochran recovering from surgery - Added 4 weeks ago

Songwriter Hank Cochran is recovering at a Nashville hospital following surgery to remove cancerous tumors from his pancreas and lymph node. The 72-year-old Cochran says the diagnosis was made very early and doctors...

Ex-Guns N' Roses drummer arrested in Los Angeles - Added 4 weeks ago

Former Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler has been arrested in Hollywood for alleged drug possession. Los Angeles police spokesman Richard French says the 43-year-old Adler was arrested around 4 a.m. Friday by officers...

Exhibit marks Bruce Lee's death - Added 4 weeks ago

Bruce Lee fans are marking the 35th anniversary of his death with an exhibit featuring movie posters, magazine covers and books about the action star. Also among the 800 items on display are letters written by Lee that...

Laugh Factory owner: Jackson should pay for N-word - Added 4 weeks ago

When Michael Richards stunned a nightclub audience two years ago by shouting the N-word at a black patron, Laugh Factory owner Jamie Masada was quick to join the Rev. Jesse Jackson in calling for a ban on the word's...

Andy Warhol, Lichtenstein art stolen in Sweden - Added 4 weeks ago

Officials say one or more thieves broke into a Swedish museum and stole work done by American pop icons Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein. Police say the break-in happened at the Abergs Museum near Stockholm early...

Emmy nominations show younger isn't always better - Added 4 weeks ago

Teens and 20-somethings may be the target demographic for many TV shows, but when it comes to top actresses, over 40 is where it's at. Only one actress nominated for an Emmy on Thursday is in her 20s: 24-year-old "Ugly...

Analysis: `The Wire' gets 1 final Emmy snub - Added 4 weeks ago

The Emmys said goodbye to "The Wire" with the same lack of respect that it showed the HBO drama during its acclaimed five-season run. Call it the final nail in the row house. The last season of "The Wire," which was...